How do I install it from source?

Make sure you have: (a) python2.6 OR (b) python2.5 and python-simplejson installed

Next is to extract the tarball:

tar xzf surl-*.tar.gz

Finally you execute:

sudo python setup.py install

Notes:
- If you don't have sudo installed, you probably need root privileges to install it in the system files.
- If want more options, please read the help:

python setup.py --help
python setup.py --help-commands